City of San José Diversion Programs Report Card. SWANA Evergreen Chapter On the Road to Zero Waste

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1 City of San José Diversion Programs Report Card SWANA Evergreen Chapter On the Road to Zero Waste

2 About San José South of SF Bay 10th Largest City in U.S 3rd Largest City in CA Over 1 million residents 1.8 million tons waste/year Overall Diversion Rate 71% Zero Waste Goal by 2022

3 Residential Services Curbside: Garbage, Recycling & Yard Trimmings (Recycle Plus) MSW Processing Street Sweeping Home Composting Neighborhood Clean-ups Household Hazardous Waste Work (City Facilities) Food Waste Pilot

4 Course: Commingled Recycling 215,000 Single-Family Households 95,000 Multi-Family Households, 3,200 Complexes Program Began 2002, Includes: Commingled Recycling Loose Yard Waste Collection Street Sweeping Large Item Collection Multiple Contractors and Service Districts

5 Echoes of the past in San Jose recycling issue By Scott Herhold San Jose Mercury News POSTED: 01/24/2016 Garbage has always been a touchy subject in San Jose. San Jose City Council proposes smart steps to curb drop in recycling rates By Paul Ploumis ScrapMonster December 14, 2015 The San Jose City leaders have proposed a series of steps to help reduce contamination and arrest the declining trend in city s recycling rates. Recycling Rates Lag as San Jose Fights its Biggest Hauler By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose Inside February 3, 2016 City officials claim California Waste Solutions has failed in landfill diversion efforts. San Jose to consider larger trash cans to fix recycling troubles By Ramona Giwargis San Jose Mercury News POSTED: 12/14/2015 SAN JOSE -- Some residents could start seeing larger trash bins at the curb early next year, the latest push from City Hall to reduce the tons of garbage being incorrectly stuffed in recycling bins

6 Commingled Recycling Report Card Overall: A for Effort, But Teacher Comments: Single-Family: started strong, but grade is slipping! Multi-Family: low participation Suggested Areas of Improvement: Larger garbage cart pilot Reprocess residuals MSW processing

7 Course: MSW Processing Multi-Family Hauler initiated in % diversion rate City Facilities 92% diversion rate Single-Family Currently 40% of households Plans to expand citywide

8 MSW Processing Report Card Overall: Great work, gold star! Teacher Comments: High recovery of organics Diversion rate increases Suggested Areas of Improvement: Expand single-family citywide Food waste pilot

9 Extra Credit: Food Waste Pilot Food for the Earth Pilot Low participation Co-collection with yard waste meant no loose in the street SAFE Pilot Hauler initiated Testing two collection methods Animal feed product Final Grade: TBD

10 Business & Civic Services Commercial Recycling Construction & Demolition Environmental Innovation Center Zero Waste Energy Development Company Public Litter Cans Homeless Encampment Clean-up Support Special Events/Venues

11 Course: Non-Exclusive Commercial Franchise System ( ) 8,000 Businesses Over 200,000 Tons of Waste Per Year Non-Exclusive Competitive Marketplace with Haulers C&D Deposit Program

12 Non-Exclusive Franchise Report Card Overall: Student is not living up to their full potential Teacher Comments: Inconsistent rates and services Compostable 33% Recyclable 35% Declining city fees Low diversion Suggested Areas of Improvement: Redesign commercial system Hazardous 1% Not Recyclable 20% Potentially Recoverable 11% Improve organics recovery

13 Commercial Redesign Process Stakeholder Engagement (2007/2008) Businesses Non-Exclusive Franchise Haulers Development of Two RFPs (2009) RFPs Released (2010) Proposal Evaluation & Selection (2011)

14 Course: Wet/Dry Commercial System Republic Services 15 Year Exclusive Franchise for Collection, Processing, Disposal Wet/Dry Collection System Mixed Waste Processing Facility Zero Waste Energy Development 15-Year Organics Processing Agreement Anaerobic Digestion Facility

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17 Wet/Dry Commercial System Report Card Overall: Nice job, keep up the good work Teacher Comments: Good Wet / Dry system easy for customers Stabilized City Fees Diversion 77% Suggested Areas of Improvement: Continue efforts to clean up organics to ZWED

18 Final Diversion Programs Report Card Citywide: 71% Overall Residential: 65% Single Family: 37% Multi-Family: 77% Yard Trimmings: 97% Commercial: 77% City Facilities: 92% Certified C&D Facilities: 75%

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